The transmission of digits raises some interesting copyright
issues. At the time of transmission via modem, only digits are
transmitted from the sending computer to the receiving computer.
- Can anyone copyright a series of digits?
- Can the party transmitting the digital signals be libel for any
infringement claim if no proof exists that a receiving party also
converted the digits into a copyrighted form?
- If a sender transmits via modem encrypted digital signals that
when decrypted represent a copyrighted work, and if that encryption
cannot be decyphered by the copyright holder, then are the copyright
holder's rights successfully thwarted?
Leo Smith
860 668 4000
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Received on Tue Apr 29 1997 - 19:19:35 GMT